{"id":342666,"date":"2026-07-16T21:15:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/342666\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T21:15:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:15:17","slug":"puttin-on-the-ritz-returns-to-showcase-jacksonville-talent-free-press-of-jacksonville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/342666\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPuttin\u2019 On the Ritz\u201d Returns to Showcase Jacksonville Talent \u2013 Free Press of Jacksonville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/POTRjuly26-1-527x381.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"POTRjuly26\"\/><br \/>\nKevin Griffin<\/p>\n<p>For more than 19 years, the Ritz Theater and Museum has showcased local talent through its popular \u201cPuttin\u2019 On the Ritz\u201d competition. Created off of the legendary Showtime at the Apollo format, the competition features solo and group performances, with audience members voting each week to determine the winners.<\/p>\n<p>This month\u2019s adult division winner, Kevin Griffin, earned first place with his rendition of John Legend\u2019s \u201cSo High,\u201d securing a spot in the finals. Winners receive a cash prize and a spot in the finals. The next showcase is scheduled for October 2 at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>For more info visit<a href=\"https:\/\/theritz.jaxevents.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> https:\/\/theritz.jaxevents.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kevin Griffin For more than 19 years, the Ritz Theater and Museum has showcased local talent through its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-342666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}